Essentials of Fire Fighting 6th Edition Now Available

Published Friday, March 29, 2013

IFSTA’s Essentials of Fire Fighting and Expanded Fire Department Operations 6th Edition are the premiere resource for firefighter training. The completely revised text meets the NFPA® 1001, 2013 Edition. Essentials of Fire Fighting, 6th Edition is the most engaging and advanced text available for Firefighter I and II training. Building on IFSTA’s nearly 80 years of excellence, Essentials again sets the standard with:

Content Separation – Firefighter I and II content is clearly identified and separated in each chapter for ease of teaching and learning

Research-Driven Content – Updates to content, skills and tactics reflect the most current research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and others.

Student-Focused Design – High quality photos and illustrations emphasize the chapter content. Engaging graphics reinforce the sequence of each skill to ensure mastery is achieved safely. Key terms are clearly identified in the margins for ease of use and comprehension.Course Workbook for Student review classroom instruction, Skill Sheet Handbook provide detailed look for each skill; Exam Prep for self study color coded for FF 1 & II are also available

Educationally Sound Instructional Materials – All of IFSTA’s instructional products are developed by educators who specialize in adult instruction. IFSTA now provides all instructional materials free of charge to fire service instructors.

IFSTA’s Essentials of Fire Fighting has been the best source for successfully training firefighters since the publication of the 1st edition in 1978. Generations of firefighters have learned their basic skills from this manual for almost 35 years. The information in Essentials is commonly accepted as the standard of practice for fire fighting knowledge and skills in North America and beyond.

The 6th edition is completely revised for today’s new and current firefighters and begins the next 35 years of excellence for this publication and the firefighters who use it to train. The 6th edition contains all the information and skills needed to meet the requirements for National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) 1001, Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications (2013 edition), Fire Fighter Levels I and II. This manual includes learning objectives, key terms, case histories, and review questions in each chapter designed to enhance a student’s understanding. Warnings, Cautions, and Safety Alerts emphasize safety at all times for new firefighters learning their basic skills. Skill sheets show widely accepted safe methods for performing the work that firefighters are expected to perform. Each chapter also clearly delineates Fire Fighter I requirements from Fire Fighter II requirements by addressing them in separate sections of the chapter. In addition to the traditional print copy, this will mark the first time that the Essentials manual will be offered in an eBook format. The accompanying instructional package has been completely revised to give students and instructors a better classroom experience. Instructional materials can be used to deliver in-person and online training. In addition to our flash drive and print products, Essentials, 6th edition will feature apps that can be downloaded for individual study, a digital version of the exam prep, and access to our online instructional system, ResourceOne. ResourceOne provides instructors with the materials needed to create and deliver traditional or blended online courses. Instructors can choose which instructional tools they wish to use with their classes and find the comfort level and online offerings that work best for them and their students. Finally, a skill video series is available online as part of ResourceOne, for individual download of a single skill or as a series set.

NEW EXPANDED EDITIONESSENTIALS OF FIRE FIGHTING AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS,6TH EDITION IFSTA/FPP and Brady, the leading publisher of EMS training materials, have partnered to bring you an expanded version of IFSTA’s Essentials of Fire Fighting manual. Essentials of Fire Fighting and Fire Department Operations, 6th edition contains the same 21 chapters included in the basic version of Essentials plus three additional chapters designed to meet the EMS and Hazardous Materials requirements in NFPA® 1001 (2013 edition). Chapter 22 focuses on the basics of first aid and EMS response. Chapters 23 and 24 address the knowledge for First Responder Awareness and Operations level requirements at hazardous materials incidents. The hazardous material information is adapted from IFSTA’s Hazardous Materials for First Responders, 4th edition and prepares firefighters to meet NFPA® 472, Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents and OSHA 1910.120 requirements for first responders at the Awareness and Operations levels. The additional chapters include skill sheets and all of the other features found in the 21 basic chapters. The instructional package developed to support Essentials, 6th edition is designed to be used with either the basic edition of the manual or this expanded edition. Both editions include online instructional resources found in ResourceOne.